Salting Deer Hides for Tanning, + Drying & Freezing

In this video I demonstrate salting a hide to preserve it for later use and talk about various options for preserving skins. The common options are freezing, drying and salting or of course you can tan the skin fresh off the animal. Each has it's advantages and disadvantages. Drying is a lot of work and resoaking the skins thoroughly after drying is even more work. Freezing is easy if you have room. Salting is easy and cheaper than running a freezer. Salting keeps skins in a semi wet state so salted hides are easier to resoak for tanning than dried skins. For saving skins with the hair on, I would prefer to work them fresh or freeze them. It's deer season, so you can preserve your deer hides or hides you collect for tanning later by freezing, salting or drying. Support on   / skillcult   has been critical in keeping me experimenting and making content. If you want to help me help others, this is probably the best way to do it. Thank you Patrons for supporting the mission! Donations can also be sent via PayPal @: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Skill... Buy less, but buy it through my links! Shopping through my affiliate links generates revenue for me, at no extra cost to you, click links here, or go to my Amazon Store page: http://skillcult.com/amazon-store/ But seriously, buy less, do more. Standard gear I recommend. I either use or have used all of it. Council Tool Boys Axe: https://amzn.to/3z0muqI Bahco Farmer's File: https://amzn.to/3Hbdhij King two sided sharpening stone: https://amzn.to/32EX1XC Silky f180 saw: https://amzn.to/3yZzM71 ARS 10 foot long reach pruner: https://amzn.to/3esETmM Victorinox grafting/floral knife: https://amzn.to/3Jki1E9 Wiebe 12” fleshing tool: https://amzn.to/3sB0qSl Atlas Elbow Gloves: https://amzn.to/3FwB5g6 BOOKS: The Axe Book, by Dudley Cook: https://amzn.to/32kx7sN Bushcraft, by Mors Kochanski: https://amzn.to/32q2rpT Subscribe to my channel for more insightful Self Reliance related content: http://www.youtube.com/skillcult/subs... Click the bell icon to be notified of new content. Subscribing doesn’t mean that much on it’s own. Blog and website: www.skillcult.com/blog Instagram and Facebook @SkillCult